Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year TPB (1972-Present Pelican) comic books 1978-1980

1978 Edition - 1st printing. Edited by Charles Brooks. Combine the wit and insight of more than 130 leading editorial cartoonists from the United States, Canada, and Latin America with the headline-making events of a year filled with controversial issues, and the result is this provocative volume of prickly satire and social commentary. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

1979 Edition - 1st printing. Edited by Charles Brooks. Combine the wit and insight of 130 leading editorial cartoonists with the headline-making events of a year filled with controversial issues, and the result is this provocative volume of wry satire and social commentary. This collection of editorial cartoons is a pictorial history of the year's major developments. Included are principal issues such as the Carter Administration, the demise of the environment, the taxpayer's revolt, the test-tube baby, and the election of the first non-Italian pope. These are the best of the best: cartoons that all received acclaim and recognition, and even some that won prestigious awards. This collection represents an artistic time capsule of wit and humor that is sure to keep you laughing. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.

1980 Edition - 1st printing. Edited by Charles Brooks. The 1980 edition of the Best Editorial Cartoons of the Year Series, which was banned by government authorities at the 1979 Moscow international book fair, contains the best works of some 130 leading editorial cartoonists from the United States and Canada and focuses on the twenty-five major news stories of the year. Published each year since 1972, the 1980 edition features a foreword by Democratic senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan of New York who analyzes the reluctance of the Soviet Union to allow its citizens to read such works. "If there be no other value to this new compilation of America's best editorial cartoons," he writes, "let the reader examine it closely to learn precisely what it is that makes the government of a presumed superpower tremble." He observes that, as the Soviets apparently have discovered, "there are few things more subversive than humor." Included among the news stories covered by the cartoonists' works are the holding of American hostages in Iran, the oil crisis, inflation, Supreme Court decisions, and the idiosyncrasies of politicians everywhere. Softcover, 8 1/2-in. x 11-in., 160 pages, B&W.